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We usually use the words '''Renaissance Dance''' to describe dance done in the SCA,
We usually use the words '''Renaissance Dance''' to describe dance done in the SCA,
rather than [[Medieval Dance]]. This is because we don't know very much about
rather than [[Medieval Dance]]. This is because we don't know very much about
[[Medieval Dance]] at all -- we have no written dance instructions before about
[[Medieval Dance]] at all. Although dance as an art form was well known in the [[middle ages]], the first recorded dance instructions and [[choreography]] date from the middle of the [[15th century]].
1450 or so.


There are many pictures depicting dancing in earlier times, but without any [[choreography]] or more than a vague idea of how these dances went, it is impossible to recreate them.
The earliest Renaissance Dances were those done in [Burgundy] and [Italy] in
the mid [[15th Century]] to the early [[16th Century]]. These included basse danses (bassa
danze) and balli. Later renaissance dance became both more complex
eg: [[16th Century Italian Dance]] and more simple, eg: [[16th Century French Dance]].


The earliest Renaissance Dances were those done in [[Burgundy]] and [[Italy]] in
One of the world's main sources for Renaissance Dance is the rendance web
the mid [[15th century]] to the early [[16th century]]. These included [[basse danses]] (bassa danze) and [[balli]].
site: http://www.rendance.org/


Sources for [[15th Century Italian Dance]] include the works of [[Domenico da Piacenza]] and his students [[Antonio Cornazano]] and [[Guglielmo Ebreo]] (Guglielmo the [[Jew]]).
One of The [[Kingdom of Lochac]]'s best sites is Del's Dance Book:

http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/
Later renaissance dance became both more complex eg: [[16th Century Italian Dance]] and more simple, eg: [[16th Century French Dance]].

Dance masters of the late [[16th century]] include the Italians [[Fabritio Caroso]] and [[Cesare Negri]] as well as the Frenchmen [[Thoinot Arbeau]] and [[Antoine Arena]].

==Dance Styles==

*[[Basse Dance]]
*[[Bassa Danza]]
*[[Ballo]]
*[[Pavanne]]
*[[Galliard]]/[[Tourdion]]
*[[Measure]]
*[[Allemande]]
*[[Branle]]
*[[Country Dance]]

==Dance Sources==

*[http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/sections/gresley.html Gresley Manuscript]
*[http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/sections/il_papa.html Il Papa]
*[[Inns of Court Dances]]
*[[Orchesography]]
*[[Playford's Dancing Master]]
*[[16th Century Italian Dance]]
**[[Il Ballarino]]
**[[Nobiltà di Dame]]
**[[Le Gratie d'Amore]]

==Dance Music==

*[[Dance midi files]]
*[[modern music for medieval dance| modern music (and some stuff that you might not know is medieval) that you can do medieval dances to]]

==Dance practices==

* [[Melbourne]] / [[Shire of Krae Glas]]: Friday evenings, seasonal. Contact [[College of St Monica]] for details.
* [[Sydney]] / [[Barony of Rowany]]: Alternate Fridays, 7pm, Glebe Primary School (address in [[Folia Roani]]).
* [[Newcastle]] / [[Barony of Mordenvale]]: Alternate Mondays, 6:30pm. University of Newcastle. Contact: ???
* Pittsburgh, PA, USA / [[Barony of the Debatable Lands|Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands]]: Every Thursday, 8pm. Carnegie-Mellon University. Details [http://dance.eclecsia.org/ here].
* Cambridge, MA, USA / [[Barony of Carolingia]]: Every Wednesday, 7:30pm, MIT. [http://www.carolingia.eastkingdom.org/perf_arts_activities.html Information about practice]
* Cleveland, OH, USA / [[Barony of the Cleftlands]]: Every Wednesday at our regular meeting and especially on the last Wednesday of the month.
* Akron, OH, USA / Marche of Gwyntarian: The last thursday of the month

==Some good links==
* [http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/ Del's Dance Book]
* [[Guild of the Silver Rondel]]'s site - http://www.sca.org.au/rondel/
* [http://www.rendance.org/ The Rendance web site]
* [http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=55 Atlantian A&S Links: Dance]

[[Category:dance]]

Latest revision as of 14:21, 27 December 2011

We usually use the words Renaissance Dance to describe dance done in the SCA, rather than Medieval Dance. This is because we don't know very much about Medieval Dance at all. Although dance as an art form was well known in the middle ages, the first recorded dance instructions and choreography date from the middle of the 15th century.

There are many pictures depicting dancing in earlier times, but without any choreography or more than a vague idea of how these dances went, it is impossible to recreate them.

The earliest Renaissance Dances were those done in Burgundy and Italy in the mid 15th century to the early 16th century. These included basse danses (bassa danze) and balli.

Sources for 15th Century Italian Dance include the works of Domenico da Piacenza and his students Antonio Cornazano and Guglielmo Ebreo (Guglielmo the Jew).

Later renaissance dance became both more complex eg: 16th Century Italian Dance and more simple, eg: 16th Century French Dance.

Dance masters of the late 16th century include the Italians Fabritio Caroso and Cesare Negri as well as the Frenchmen Thoinot Arbeau and Antoine Arena.

Dance Styles

Dance Sources

Dance Music

Dance practices

Some good links